Leader of the Quebec Conservative Party Éric Duhaime is running as a candidate in the by-election for Arthabaska, after the riding’s representative left to run for the federal Conservatives.
In April 2024, MNA for Arthabaska Éric Lefebvre announced he was leaving the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) to run for the federal Conservatives in the next election. “I have tendered my resignation to the premier, as I will be standing as a candidate for the Conservative Party of Canada in the next federal election,” he said in a statement.
Lefebvre sat as an independent MP following his announcement, and on April 28 he won the federal seat of Richmond-Arthabaska for the Tories by over 1,500 votes. That riding had been held by Alain Rayes, who left the Conservative Party to sit as an independent when Pierre Poilievre became its leader in September 2022….